On Australia's Ningaloo Reef, tourists can swim with whale sharks. What do the sharks think of this? Researchers deploy the National Geographic Crittercam to study whale shark behavior and the animals' relationship with tourists. Run time 05:38.

The world largest shark can be seen in this video feeding on some of the tiniest creatures. This shark has 3000 teeth, but they are tiny and they do not use them to eat mammals unlike other sharks. This is a great resource to help build background kn...owledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (2:07)[more]

This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of a Whale Shark. The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish in the world; with its vast size it resembles the whales from which its common name is derived. The head is flattened... and the wide mouth, positioned at the tip of the snout, stretches almost as wide as the body. The dorsal fin is particularly large and the tail has a half-moon shape. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (Less Than 2 Minutes)[more]

This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of injuries to a Whale Shark given by a Great White Shark. The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish in the world; with its vast size it resembles the whales from which its comm...on name is derived. The head is flattened and the wide mouth, positioned at the tip of the snout, stretches almost as wide as the body. The dorsal fin is particularly large and the tail has a half-moon shape. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (Less Than 2 Minutes)[more]

This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of a Whale Shark and a Tuna feeding on a school of fish. The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish in the world; with its vast size it resembles the whales from which its common... name is derived. The head is flattened and the wide mouth, positioned at the tip of the snout, stretches almost as wide as the body. The dorsal fin is particularly large and the tail has a half-moon shape. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (Less Than 2 Minutes)[more]

This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of the gills of a Whale Shark. The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish in the world; with its vast size it resembles the whales from which its common name is derived. The head... is flattened and the wide mouth, positioned at the tip of the snout, stretches almost as wide as the body. The dorsal fin is particularly large and the tail has a half-moon shape. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (Less Than 2 Minutes)[more]

This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of a Whale Shark. The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is the largest fish in the world; with its vast size it resembles the whales from which its common name is derived. The head is flattened... and the wide mouth, positioned at the tip of the snout, stretches almost as wide as the body. The dorsal fin is particularly large and the tail has a half-moon shape. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections between nature and the classroom. (Less Than 2 Minutes)[more]

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